Masterson’s sinker appears to be better than Westbrook’s, and he’s about 3-4 inches taller and probably 25-30 lbs heavier, giving him more of a downward plane on the pitch. I think eventually he’ll be able to produce results more like Fausto Carmona, Westbrook’s teammate (higher GB%, higher K rate). BP’s comparison to Webb is certainly interesting. We’ll just have to wait and see.

Here are Bowden’s BP comps, just for interest: Jeff Suppan, Eric Hurley, Jose Lima, Javier Vazquez, Robert Pugmire, Kris Honel, Brad Radke, Amaury Telemaco, John Stephens, Ricky Nolasco. He matches up better with these guys than Masterson does with any of his comps.